Big Chinese rocket segment set to fall to Earth
Tracking radars are following closely the gradual fall to Earth of a large Chinese rocket vehicle.
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Big Chinese rocket segment set to fall to Earth
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Anywhere in the red box... so crossing fingers for nkandla
We keep on being unlucky.
The yellow is past flight paths, turquoise future.
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Seems I will not be selling Chinese aerospace scrap tomorrow on eBay.
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Yup, when the Sky(lab) was falling
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Not looking good:
Anywhere in the red box... so crossing fingers for nkandla
However, the latest prediction by the US military, which is tracking the rocket segment, is not encouraging, according to CNN. The US military has predicted that the debris will fall in Turkmenistan in Central Asia around 7pm Eastern Time on Saturday (4.30am IST on Sunday).
US military predicts time, place of Chinese rocket debris crash on Earth: Report
China launched a Long March-5B rocket on April 29 carrying the first module of its new space station, Tianhe, into Earth's orbit.
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Why does everyone report on it as landing.
crashing would be a better word.
crashing would be a better word.
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As with everything, you are not allowed to upset the ccp. 'Crashing' implies they ****ed up(again). CCP doesn't **** up
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And where do the many pieces that don't burn up fall then? You've now escalated the problem from a single impact to multiple.
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The remnants of China’s largest rocket have plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.
Most of the debris burned up in the atmosphere, it reported, citing the Chinese Manned Space Engineering office.
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Most of the debris burned up in the atmosphere, it reported, citing the Chinese Manned Space Engineering office.
‘Irresponsible’: Nasa chides China as rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean
US agency accuses Beijing of failing to meet expected standards regarding its space debris
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What surprised me the most about this whole thing is that no one seemed to be able to predict approximately where it would crash.The remnants of China’s largest rocket have plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.
Most of the debris burned up in the atmosphere, it reported, citing the Chinese Manned Space Engineering office.
‘Irresponsible’: Nasa chides China as rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean
US agency accuses Beijing of failing to meet expected standards regarding its space debris
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Well that's a bit of an anti-climax
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They just don't care. They violated a couple of international space treaties due to their handling of this launch.
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Shot, will take a look.